India to allow ethanol-based ‘flex engines’ in vehicles, launch scheme in 3 months: Nitin Gadkari

India has decided to allow ethanol-based ‘flex engines’, which power vehicles using local farm produce and not fossil fuels, and will be rolling out a scheme on the same in the next three months, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday. Gadkari said other countries of the world like Brazil, the US and Canada have flex engines NSE -1.22 % which are powered by farm produce and exhorted automakers like BMW, Mercedes and Toyota to develop vehicles running on the alternative fuel.